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Volunteer efforts keep Metuchen Public Library Art Gallery thriving

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3 Middlesex County towns open Windows of Understanding on MLK Day

3 Middlesex County towns open Windows of Understanding on MLK Day Updated Jan 13, 2021; Posted Jan 13, 2021 The fourth annual Windows of Understanding will feature storefront art installations in New Brunswick and Highland Park and at Metuchen Public Library starting on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 18.windowsofunderstanding.org Facebook Share The project will launch on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 18, as a way of paying homage to King’s legacy with a designated “Day of Understanding,” and be on display through February. “With the countless challenges we faced in 2020, the New Year provides us with even more opportunities to listen, to unite and to heal, says New Brunswick Mayor Jim Cahill. “Windows of Understanding will once again serve as a focal point to begin the dialogue that leads us all to a better and fairer world. The pandemic may have forced us apart, but artistic expression as always will draw us back together, and maybe even clos

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Metuchen joins Windows of Understanding art project, promoting awareness of social justice issues

The Metuchen Arts Council is joining the New Brunswick Community Arts Council, the Mason Gross School of the Arts and the Highland Park Arts Council in the fourth annual Windows of Understanding public art project. The Windows of Understanding Project is an initiative that unites local artists, organizations and businesses to promote compassion and awareness around social justice issues impacting local communities. The belief of the project’s creators is that through visual language, artists can communicate methods of understanding in powerful ways that cut across cultural boundaries, according to information provided by the Metuchen Arts Council. In the face of the duel pandemic of COVID-19 and racial injustice, the scope of the Windows of Understanding Art Project has widened its lens to incorporate the impact of these challenging circumstances, according to the statement. Themes for the 2021 project include food insecurity, public health, trauma and recovery, climate chang

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